Ezekiel 42:5
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Now the upperהָעֶלְיֹונֹ֖ת
(ha·'el·yo·v·not)
5945a: high, upperfrom alah
chambersוְהַלְּשָׁכֹ֥ות
(ve·hal·le·sha·cho·vt)
3957: room, chamber, hall, cellof uncertain derivation
[were] smallerקְצֻרֹ֑ות
(ke·tzu·ro·vt;)
7114a: to be shorta prim. root
becauseכִּֽי־
(ki-)
3588: that, for, whena prim. conjunction
the galleries 
 
863b: a gallery, porchfrom the same as attuq
took 
 
398: to eata prim. root
more 
 
4480: froma prim. preposition
[space] away 
 
398: to eata prim. root
from them than 
 
4480: froma prim. preposition
from the lowerמֵֽהַתַּחְתֹּנֹ֛ות
(me·hat·tach·to·no·vt)
8481: lower, lowestfrom tachath
and middle onesוּמֵהַתִּֽכֹנֹ֖ות
(u·me·hat·ti·cho·no·vt)
8484: middlefrom the same as tavek
in the building.בִּנְיָֽן׃
(bin·yan.)
1146: a structurefrom banah


















KJV Lexicon
Now the upper
'elyown  (el-yone')
an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme -- (Most, on) high(-er, -est), upper(-most).
chambers
lishkah  (lish-kaw')
a room in a building (whether for storage, eating, or lodging) -- chamber, parlour.
were shorter
qatsar  (kaw-tsar')
to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)
for the galleries
'attuwq  (at-tooke')
a ledge or offset in a building -- gallery.
were higher
'akal  (aw-kal')
to eat -- at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, freely, in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, quite.
than these
hennah  (hane'-naw)
in, such (and such things), their, (into) them, thence, therein, these, they (had), on this side, whose, wherein.
than the lower
tachtown  (takh-tone')
bottommost -- lower(-est), nether(-most).
and than the middlemost
tiykown  (tee-kone')
central -- middle(-most), midst.
of the building
binyan  (bin-yawn')
an edifice -- building.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took more space away from them than from the lower and middle ones in the building.

King James Bible
Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The upper chambers were narrower because the galleries took away more space from them than from the lower and middle stories of the building.

International Standard Version
The upper chambers were narrower, since the galleries required more space than did the lower and middle portions of the building.

NET Bible
Now the upper chambers were narrower, because the galleries took more space from them than from the lower and middle chambers of the building.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The side rooms on the third story were narrower than those on the first or second stories of the building because the corridors took space away from them.

King James 2000 Bible
Now the upper chambers were narrower: for the galleries took more space away from these, than from the lower, and the middle chambers of the building.
Links
Ezekiel 42:5
Ezekiel 42:5 NIV
Ezekiel 42:5 NLT
Ezekiel 42:5 ESV
Ezekiel 42:5 NASB
Ezekiel 42:5 KJV

Ezekiel 42:4
Top of Page
Top of Page